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  1. Big Bubba

    Could a Fox Have Done It?

    I started the week with 2 girls. When I came home Monday afternoon and let my dog out she ran after a fox that got away. I go into the coop and there is one dead girl. The remaining one was quite distraught and wasn't planning of coming out of hiding. I had arranged for someone else to take...
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    My Solutions

    So, through the years it seems to be one thing or another. For the last 3 years I decided to free range my girls. Never had a problem until recently where I had 2 girls killed by a hawk. I decided I had to put the girls inside which is basically a run and a coop. Well, they didn't care for...
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    How Many Chickens Will I Lose Free Ranging

    I've had 5 girls for about 5 years now. I free range. I've lost 2 girls in the last month to hawk attacks. The remaining gang is going to be kept inside the coop for the time being. My backyard, where I keep them, is pretty small. The backyard is, maybe, 40 yards by 20 yards and is...
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    Trying to Figure Out What Critters Lurk Beneath Coop

    OK, I've had rats in the past, but taking better care of the feed has made them all disappear. They did, however, leave quite a bit of tunnels. I filled in the holes but the tunnels, I'm sure, survived. A couple of months I discovered a couple of holes. Pretty small actually. Way too...
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    Height of Fence

    I have 4 RIRs that I let free range in my backyard. I have a split rail fence and I, also, secure it with a chicken wire fence that is 2 feet high. I know that it isn't going to keep them in if they want to jump over, but it has worked without fail for 2 years. Well, last week a neighbor...
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    Help with Electricity for Automatic Coop

    I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to electricity. I'd appreciate any help offered. I order a semi automatic car antenna for the first step - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00467EHJ8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. I think the hookup is simple enough...
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    Gravel to Protect Against Rats

    I am absolutely at my wit's end in dealing with rats. The rats are winning and I'm losing in a big way. I've put hardware cloth on the inside and outside. They found one hole to get in between that and made it home. I wasn't happy but at least they weren't in the coop. This morning I see...
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    Brown Rat versus Woodrat

    Right now, I'm not sure what I have. I know something had dug into my compost. Could not catch it. Today my dogs noticed movement in the garden that is fenced in. Sure enough, there was a rat. It was chewing on some leaves. Seemed odd for a rat to be active during daytime. I live in a...
  9. Big Bubba

    Picked on Girl

    I have 4 Rhode Island Reds. One was getting picked on horribly. She began missing feathers and had some redness on her head. I decided to build an extra pen and kept the picked on one there. She desperately tries to dig her way back to the other side. When I let them free range the 3 have...
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    When to put the girls inside?

    Sorry to even have to ask this question. But, I've read up a lot about winter preparations for the hens and now I'd like to know when I should put the girls inside. Let me explain what I have then go from there. I have a run and a coop. There is a roof over the open air coop, but otherwise...
  11. Big Bubba

    Building a Winter Coop

    I'm planning on building a winter coop for my hens. I have 4 RIRs. The area already exists. At the back of my house I have a 6 foot by 6 foot area with 2 brick walls and a third wall now made of screen I intend to close with pressure treated wood. Now all I have to is build a front wall...
  12. Big Bubba

    1 Week of Eggs and They're Still Small

    I have 4 RIRs. I'm now getting 2 eggs a day. I'm holding my breath that 2 of them aren't roosters. I'm not sure, but 3 of them may be laying eggs because one of the hens was royally POed when I took an egg. I'm slightly concerned about the egg size. The eggs have been very small. They've...
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    Can My Chickens Really be eating this much?

    I've got 4 RIRs that are only 12 wweeks old. Every morning I feed it about 2.5 pounds of feed. When I come home in the late afternoon it is always gone. I refill and it is finished by dark. Today, after filling it up in the afternoon I came out 10 minutes later and saw most of it was gone...
  14. Big Bubba

    Suggestions for Surveillance Camera

    I would like suggestions for a surveillance camera. R ight now I have a setup that I can't get to work. More of a problem with the video server. I have a Intellinet Video Server 550000 that I can't get the password for nor can I fgure out how to reset the factory defaults. The camera I have...
  15. Big Bubba

    Cleaning the Run

    OK, I'm going to ask for help with the risk of appearing not so bright. Forgive me, I'm new to raising chickens. I've got a coop and a run all connected together (4 RIRs). I decided for the summer I'd let the girls decide where they want to be. They, generally, spend very little time in the...
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